The patch titled _proc_do_string(): fix short reads has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was _proc_do_string-fix-short-reads.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: _proc_do_string(): fix short reads From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> If you try to read things like /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease with single-byte reads, you get just one byte and then EOF. This is because _proc_do_string() assumes that the caller is read()ing into a buffer which is large enough to fit the whole string in a single hit. Fix. Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michael Tokarev <mjt@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/sysctl.c | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/sysctl.c~_proc_do_string-fix-short-reads kernel/sysctl.c --- a/kernel/sysctl.c~_proc_do_string-fix-short-reads +++ a/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -1686,13 +1686,12 @@ static int _proc_do_string(void* data, i size_t len; char __user *p; char c; - - if (!data || !maxlen || !*lenp || - (*ppos && !write)) { + + if (!data || !maxlen || !*lenp) { *lenp = 0; return 0; } - + if (write) { len = 0; p = buffer; @@ -1713,6 +1712,15 @@ static int _proc_do_string(void* data, i len = strlen(data); if (len > maxlen) len = maxlen; + + if (*ppos > len) { + *lenp = 0; + return 0; + } + + data += *ppos; + len -= *ppos; + if (len > *lenp) len = *lenp; if (len) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch git-block.patch smaps-add-clear_refs-file-to-clear-reference-fix.patch doc-atomic_add_unless-doesnt-imply-mb-on-failure.patch procfs-fix-race-between-proc_readdir-and-remove_proc_entry.patch procfs-fix-race-between-proc_readdir-and-remove_proc_entry-fix.patch clone-flag-clone_parent_tidptr-leaves-invalid-results-in-memory.patch allow-access-to-proc-pid-fd-after-setuid.patch allow-access-to-proc-pid-fd-after-setuid-fix.patch allow-access-to-proc-pid-fd-after-setuid-update.patch tty-make-__proc_set_tty-static.patch tty-clarify-disassociate_ctty.patch tty-fix-the-locking-for-signal-session-in-disassociate_ctty.patch signal-use-kill_pgrp-not-kill_pg-in-the-sunos-compatibility-code.patch signal-rewrite-kill_something_info-so-it-uses-newer-helpers.patch pid-make-session_of_pgrp-use-struct-pid-instead-of-pid_t.patch pid-use-struct-pid-for-talking-about-process-groups-in-exitc.patch pid-replace-is_orphaned_pgrp-with-is_current_pgrp_orphaned.patch tty-update-the-tty-layer-to-work-with-struct-pid.patch pid-replace-do-while_each_task_pid-with-do-while_each_pid_task.patch pid-remove-now-unused-do_each_task_pid-and-while_each_task_pid.patch pid-remove-the-now-unused-kill_pg-kill_pg_info-and-__kill_pg_info.patch posix-timers-rcu-optimization-for-clock_gettime.patch posix-timers-rcu-optimization-for-clock_gettime-fix.patch reimplement-flush_workqueue.patch implement-flush_work.patch implement-flush_work-sanity.patch implement-flush_work_keventd.patch flush_workqueue-use-preempt_disable-to-hold-off-cpu-hotplug.patch flush_cpu_workqueue-dont-flush-an-empty-worklist.patch aio-use-flush_work.patch kblockd-use-flush_work.patch relayfs-use-flush_keventd_work.patch tg3-use-flush_keventd_work.patch e1000-use-flush_keventd_work.patch libata-use-flush_work.patch phy-use-flush_work.patch call-cpu_chain-with-cpu_down_failed-if-cpu_down_prepare-failed.patch slab-use-cpu_lock_.patch workqueue-fix-freezeable-workqueues-implementation.patch workqueue-fix-flush_workqueue-vs-cpu_dead-race.patch workqueue-dont-clear-cwq-thread-until-it-exits.patch workqueue-dont-migrate-pending-works-from-the-dead-cpu.patch workqueue-kill-run_scheduled_work.patch workqueue-dont-save-interrupts-in-run_workqueue.patch workqueue-dont-save-interrupts-in-run_workqueue-update-2.patch workqueue-make-cancel_rearming_delayed_workqueue-work-on-idle-dwork.patch workqueue-introduce-cpu_singlethread_map.patch workqueue-introduce-workqueue_struct-singlethread.patch workqueue-make-init_workqueues-__init.patch slab-shutdown-cache_reaper-when-cpu-goes-down.patch rework-compat_sys_io_submit.patch fix-aioh-includes.patch fix-access_ok-checks.patch make-good_sigevent-non-static.patch make-good_sigevent-non-static-fix.patch make-__sigqueue_free-and.patch aio-completion-signal-notification.patch aio-completion-signal-notification-fix.patch aio-completion-signal-notification-fixes-and-cleanups.patch aio-completion-signal-notification-small-cleanup.patch add-listio-syscall-support.patch hotplug-allow-modules-to-use-the-cpu-hotplug-notifiers.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html